Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Coarsely self-indulgent or gluttonous.
- adjective Filthy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the characteristics of a hog; swinish; greedy; gluttonous; filthy; mean; selfish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Swinish; gluttonous; filthy; selfish.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having the characteristics of a
pig - adjective Having a
gluttonous appetite
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
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Examples
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Consider if the pig is a stand-in for someone who is greedy or "hoggish" -- and always consider if those negative traits might actually be shadow sides of your own psyche.
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They also complain that Junie is often impolite, hoggish, and generally a poor role model -- again, like an enthusiastic but not very advanced kindergartner.
“Young People Don’t Want to Read About Characters Their Age” 2009
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They also complain that Junie is often impolite, hoggish, and generally a poor role model -- again, like an enthusiastic but not very advanced kindergartner.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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"Because they are more hoggish," the steward interrupted.
CHAPTER XIII 2010
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Outside were brutal barons, vulgar merchants and hoggish peasants.
Hidden Treasure Henrik Bering 2011
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Last year the country's then interior minister, Mareks Seglins, complained about "English pigs" and said they were a "dirty, hoggish people" after a British tourist was sentenced to five days in prison after being caught urinating on the war memorial.
Boing Boing 2009
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Below, Fishlegs hangs on tight as a wart-hoggish Gronckle flies through the air.
'How to Train Your Dragon' breathes fire into the film genre 2010
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Fishlegs hangs on tight as a wart-hoggish Gronckle, a surprisingly likable grouch, flies through the air in How to Train Your Dragon.
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I didn't take any part in the siege operations myself, not because I was out of favour with Raglan, but for the excellent reason that like so many of the army I spent several weeks on the flat of my back with what was thought at first to be cholera, but was in fact a foul case of dysentery and wind, brought on by my own hoggish excesses.
The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010
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I, who am a high clerk, and have studied in Spain, and Araby itself, not be able to deceive the eyes of this hoggish herd of citizens, when the pettiest juggler that ever dealt in legerdemain can gull even the sharp observation of your most intelligent knighthood?
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